Granuaile - Heather Hoffman [F] [C] [Dm] [E7] [F] [C] [Dm*] [F*] [E7] [*Am] [Verse 1] [Am] Born in 15[C]30 [Dm] to O’Malleys [Am] clan She sailed her father’s [C] Galleys far [E7] better than any man She [Am] saved a shipwrecked [C] sailor and [Dm] nursed him back to [Am] health They fell in love, she was to [C] marry him, but [E7] oh so short [Am] lived |[Chorus] |[F]Heave Grace 0’[C]Malley, [Dm] Ireland’s Pirate [E7] Queen |[F] Heave Gran[C]uaile, [Dm*] Chieftain, [F*] land [E7*] and [Am] sea |[Dm*] Chieftain, [F*] land [E7*] and [Am] sea [Verse 2] [Am] McMahon’s men went hunting and [Dm] attacked and killed her [Am] man With grief stricken [C] fury, Grace [E7] tracked and shot them down She [Am] sailed to McMahon’s [C] castle, [Dm] Doona, Blacksod [Am] Bay She drove them out and [C] she moved in, Dark [Dm] Lady of [E7] Doona that [Am] day [Verse 3] [Am] Time passed and she [C] married Iron [Dm] Richard through Brehon [Am] Law Her home was now [C] Rockfleet with the [E7] MacWilliam tánaiste Now [Am] two powerful [C] families [Dm] united with a [Am] son Born on board her [C] Galley, Tibbot’s [E7] adventure just be [Am] gun [Chorus] [Verse 4] [Am] Now life was changing in [C] Connaught [Dm] under Saxon [Am] Law Grace’s brother and [C] Tibbot were [E7] arrested after a brawl [Am] Bingham showed no [C] mercy and [Dm] threw them both in [Am] jail And without a second thought, our brave [Dm] Chieftain she set [Am] sail [Verse 5] [Am] Grace sailed for Greenwich [C] Castle to [Dm] meet the English [Am] Queen The outcome of this [C] meeting could [E7] never have been foreseen As [Am] England’s powerful [C] ruler had met her [Dm] match in [Am] Grace Queen Bess agreed for [C] Tibbot and her [E7] brother’s immediate [Am] release [Chorus] [Verse 6] [Am] Grace lived till she was [C] 70 and [Dm] died in 160[Am] 3 No Irish Chief ever [C] ruled again quite so [E7] independently Queen [Am] Bess died the [C] very same year and it’s [Dm] probably safe to [Am] say Not one O’Malley [C] mourned her death like they [E7] had for Grace that [Am] day [Chorus] © Heather Hoffman 2025